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May 1, 2012, 8:44 pm ET · by Azmat Khan The Obama administration arrived in Washington in early 2009 facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression — and an American public outraged by bailouts for the financial institutions that had gotten them there. Pioneer Behind Credit Derivatives is Leaving JPMorgan April 3, 2014, 4:16 pm ET · by Jason M. Breslow Blythe Masters, who helped develop one of the most notorious financial instruments of the 2008 financial crisis, has announced plans to leave JPMorgan Chase.

The Financial Crisis Five Years Later — How It Changed Us September 10, 2013, 10:50 am ET · by Jason M. It has been five years since the financial crisis began, and though the economy is on the mend, the legacy of the crash still reverberates. JPMorgan To Lose $842 Million In Toxic Ala. June 5, 2013, 3:22 pm ET · by Jason M. Financial Regulators Turn Their Focus To Non-Banks June 4, 2013, 3:24 pm ET · by Jason M.
Surgeons make cancer cells fluoresce for removal - health - 18 September 2011. Video: Glowing ovarian cancer cells help track tumours Trying to remove every last cancer cell during surgery can be a bit like playing blind man's buff: they are often the same colour as healthy cells, so surgeons risk leaving behind cancer cells which can regrow.

But that could change thanks to a technique that makes ovarian cancer cells glow. Currently, surgeons largely rely on touch to determine where an ovarian tumour starts and ends. "You have no real clue where the borders are," says Gooitzen Van Dam of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Van Dam and his colleagues took advantage of the fact that the vast majority of ovarian cancer cells over-express a receptor for folate on their cell surface while normal cells do not. The labelled folate was taken up by the cancer cells but not normal cells, so surgeons could use a camera that detects fluorescence to see the tumours. Journal reference: Nature Medicine, DOI: 10.1038/nm.2472 More From New Scientist. Black swan theory. The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.

The theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain: The disproportionate role of high-profile, hard-to-predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance, and technology.The non-computability of the probability of the consequential rare events using scientific methods (owing to the very nature of small probabilities).The psychological biases that blind people, individually and collectively, to uncertainty and to a rare event's massive role in historical affairs. Unlike the earlier philosophical "black swan problem", the "black swan theory" refers only to unexpected events of large magnitude and consequence and their dominant role in history.

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Solar Tech Finding Claims 50% Efficiency. The “black swan theory” refers to real events beyond the realm of normal expectations–and that’s how an international team of researchers at SciTech Solar (lead by a former professor emeritus from Penn State) are referring to their latest breakthrough, a technology that allows for ultra high-efficiency solar cells to generate DC, or direct current electricity.

Why is this such a big deal in the solar world? Apparently because it makes possible the design and fabrication of a new class of solar energy converters which could allow for a dramatic increase in energy conversion efficiency and cost savings of solar cells. According to the company, this is a technology that can successfully compete with today’s semiconductor-based solar cells while exceeding efficiencies and decreasing costs. Image via SciTech Associates. Black Hat SEO Diary - SEO Black Hat Techniques. Black Hat SEO Forum. Black Hat SEO. SEO Black Hat SEO Forum.